I’ll never grow out of my childhood entertainment. Mud throwing, rolling down hills, watching Sailor Moon, Gargoyles and Duck Tales. I hope I never grow out of the happy things.
But I have, thankfully, grown out of irrational hate and the need for people to conform to what I think is right. When I was a teenager, I didn’t quite understand things I saw as ‘stupidity’. Particularly on controversial subjects, like people who do not support gay marriage. I’ve learned to accept people for who they choose to be and what they choose to believe in. Even if it is directly against my own philosophy. Living by example, and not trying to force an epiphany in the other side is the best lesson I learned as a teenager.
For example, at work I recently learned that a coworker of mine is a Creationist. Something that is completely against my understanding of the world as a student working towards a degree in Anthropology. Instead of a fight, which would have been much more like 15 year old me, it ended with me recommending a book discussing both sides of the debate as well as discussing how they are not mutually exclusive ideas.